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| Subject: | RE: [RESOGUIT-L] RE: problem with strings that happen to be on a Beard | | Date: | Tuesday, January 1, 2008 14:48:06 (+0000) | | From: | reso-man <reso-man @.......net>
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That "good sound and volume" you mentioned, is partly coming from those
***GUITARS*** you build Dick! I still think that internal bracing system you've
come up with is the best thing that's happened to Resophonic Guitars since the
invention of the spider bridge.
Just my thoughts, usual disclaimers, etc. etc., and A HAPPY TWANGIN' NEW YEAR to
all.
Richie Chiasson
Salem, N.H.
-------------- Original message --------------
From: Richard DeNeve <richard_d13132@yahoo.com>
> In my experience, the Black Diamond phosphor bronze
> reso set strings will last a long, long time. The
> third string wrap takes a very long time to loosen
> from pick pressure (over 40 hours of hard picking).
> The down side (for me) is the .016 first string (I
> like a .017), and the annealing of the core of the
> third string seems to be slightly soft, so it needs
> retuning every couple of hours playing.
>
> I like mellow, and use the stainless strings available
> from Juststrings.com. I get a dozen sets at a time.
> As typical for stainless and nickel wrapped strings,
> they start out mellower than the phos. bronze, but
> just do not change sound over the long haul. My
> current set has seen at least 10 hours of playing a
> week, or over 3 months, and I am still surprised at
> how good the sound and volume are each time I pick it
> up.
>
> Usual disclaimers.
>
> Dick DeNeve
>
>
> --- Pete Remenyi wrote:
>
> > There are many good string manufacturers out there.
> > In terms of strings sounding very good and holding
> > up a long time, in my experience you can't find any
> > better than John Pearse. They hold up extremely
> > well, and sound very good. They have always lasted
> > the longest on my instruments. I would recommend set
> > #3100 - Phospher Bronze. The gauges are from hight
> > to low - 16, 18, 27, 39, 49, 59.
> >
> > Here in Ohio, strings are subjected to high humidity
> > in the summer and extreme dryness in the winter. I
> > can gig with these strings and keep them on longer
> > than any other strings I have tried including J42's.
> > I also like the way J42's sound, but they have never
> > held up the way the Pearse strings do.
> >
> > Pete
> >
> >
> > > Coated J42's will last longer than just about
> > anything out there, but
> > > they have a tendency to sound less bright than
> > J42's out of the wrapper.
> >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> > > Gene Krouse
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> >
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